Improvement in handles for umbrellas, parasols



a. w. TUCKER. v H'andle for Umbrellas, Parasols, &o.

Patented March 9,1875

THE GRAPHIC CCLPNOTO .-LITH.39 8 41 PARK PLAGE,N.Y.

UNITED STATES\PATENT 0F on GEORGE W. TUCKER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN RING COMPANY, OF PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLES FOR UMBRELIZCAS, PARASO'LS, &c.

Specification forming part of Lettms Patent No. 160,627, dated March 9,1875; application filed February 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TUCKER, ofWaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvement in Handles for Parasols, Umbrellas, Whips, 850.,of which the following is a specification:

Various devices have been used for handles, such as pearl, ivory, andbone. These are liable to split and break under exposure to moisture,sunlight. or concussion. The pearl, which makes a very handsome handle,is especially liable to injury, and, beside this, is very expensive.

My improvement consists in ahandle which is made of sheet metal inimitation of pearl, and which while equal, or nearly so, in appearanceto actual pearl, is not injured by the moisture, heat, or handlingincident to the use of an umbrella, parasol, or whip; and this handle isstrong and durable, and becomes a new article of manufacture.

I make use of an ordinary stock or stick to form the foundation for theornamental surface, and upon this a tube of sheet tin is placed, saidtube being either parallel, tapering, or prismatic, and this tube isornamented upon its surface by the granulated or crystalline characterof the tin being developed by an etching and coloring process previousto varnishing the same. This prepared tin is sometimes called moiremetallique; and the varnish applied to the same is to be such as toimitate the color of pearl.

The handle made in this manner is superior to pearl in durability 5 andthe appearance thereof in the tubular form almost as handsome as that ofpearl. The handle made in this manner is a new articleof manufacture.

In the drawing I have shown the handle by a longitudinal section, Figure1, and a crosssection, Fig. 2.

The wooden stick or handlestock ais of the de sired size and shape, andit is preferably made tapering, as shown. Upon this wooden stick thesheet-metal tubeb is applied, said tube being of crystallized tin-plate,colored and varnished in imitation of pearl and this may be rolled upfrom a flat sheet, and soldered at the ends of the join and I prefer anduse the tip-cap e of metal to inclose the end of the stick a, and alsoof the tin-plate tube 1), and a band, f, should be used aroundthe,.other end of the tube 1) to form an ornament, and also to hold thecrystallized tin-plate tube in place.

I claim as my invention-- .1. As a new article of manufacture, thebandie for umbrellas, parasols, or whips, made of crystallized tin-platevarnished in imitation of pearl, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. Ahandle for umbrellas,parasols, or whips, made of a tube ofcrystallized tin-plate, varnished in imitation of pearl, and retainedupon a wooden stock or stick by the metallictip-cap e and band f,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 23d day of January,

Witnesses:

J. C. HrroHoooK, E. H. CRosBY, 2d.

